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Turn off curl URL glob expansion for literal brackets or braces.

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Section: Basics and Output

Disable URL globbing

bash
bash
curl --globoff 'https://example.com/items[1]'
Explanation

curl supports URL globbing; `--globoff` disables it when special characters should be treated literally.

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